#C3CD55#C3CD55

#C3CD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.144 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CD55
RGB	rgb(195, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -19.44, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 60.37, 108.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0574 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.144 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9777, 55.9215, 16.9644)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CD55 #5F55CD

analogous

#CD9B55 #C3CD55 #87CD55

triadic

#C3CD55 #55C3CD #CD55C3

tetradic

#C3CD55 #55CD9B #5F55CD #CD5587

square

#C3CD55 #55CD9B #5F55CD #CD5587

split-complementary

#C3CD55 #5587CD #9B55CD

monochromatic

#7A8226 #A6B134 #C3CD55 #D4DB84 #E4E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C3CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#C3CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CD55

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CD55	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.144 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc89',
    500: '#c3cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cd55;
$custom-light: #d8dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81715,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CD55

secondary

#443D89

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CD55

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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